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Did you volunteer to create a Web site for the softball team? Is it
time to take your small business to the next level and let your
customers shop online? Well, you can relax! ASP.NET 3.5 makes
creating a dynamic site faster and cleaner than ever before, and
ASP.NET 3.5 For Dummies makes it easier.

First, you’ll get an introduction to all the tools and
terminology you need to understand ASP.NET. If you’ve used
earlier versions of ASP.NET and Visual Web Developer, you can
probably skip that part and jump right into what’s new in
3.5. You'll make friends with LINQ and SQL, create sites in Visual
Web Developer 2008 Express, and much more. Before you know it,
you’ll discover how to:

Integrate data, track shopping cart contents, and whisk away
bugs

Create user interfaces with easy navigation

Use the ListView control for sophisticated formatting

Write LINQ queries

Add a table to a database

Create an event handler

Take advantage of the drag 'n' drop feature that lets you write
less code

Put all the features to work to develop dynamic Web
applications

The softball team is going to love that Web site, and your
customers might enjoy shopping on your site so much that
you’ll have to expand your business to fill all the orders!
We can’t promise that, of course, but we’re pretty sure
that ASP.NET 3.5 For Dummies will make creating Web sites
easier and a lot more fun.